Framed (Cottrell-Boyce novel)

Framed is a 2005 children's novel by English writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and Blue Peter Book Award.

Framed

First edition (publ. HarperCollins)
Author	Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Publisher	HarperCollins
ISBN	0-060-73403-5

The novel takes its setting from a true-life event, when the Manod (Cwt-y-Bugail) quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog was used to store art treasures from the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery during World War II.

Summary

Framed, set in North Wales, is the story of how paintings moved from the National Gallery in London affect the town of Manod.

It follows Dylan Hughes, the only male resident of the Welsh village of Manod, and how the moving of paintings from the London's National Gallery into the quarry of the mountain in the town, leads to an attempted heist.

Reception

Framed is a Junior Library Guild book.^[1] Both the book and audiobook received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly.^[2][3] Booklist also reviewed the book and audiobook.^[4][5]

Awards for Framed

Year	Award	Result	Ref.
2005	Carnegie Medal	Shortlist	[6]
	Whitbread Children's Book of the Year	Shortlist	[citation needed]
2006	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	Shortlist	[7][8]
2007	Blue Peter Book Award	Shortlist	[9]

Television film adaptation

Framed was produced as an adult television film by the BBC, starring Trevor Eve and Eve Myles, and adapted by the author.^[10] It was first shown on 31 August 2009.^[11]